We have just about ended the first quarter of 2013 (my how time flies)! Many of us have made new year's resolutions almost 90 days ago and as with every outgoing year, we tend to make lofty goals for the upcoming one. Whether it is to loose weight, stop bad habits, better our finances, advance our careers, become more spiritual, learn a new skill, take up a new hobby, help more people or maybe it's to go through a multi-faceted personal transformation. The excitement of bringing these resolutions tend to carry us through the first two weeks of January. If we are lucky, they will last for at least 30 days following the clinking of our champagne glasses as the New Year enters. Here is the problem. We set ourselves up for failure right from the start. We want instant gratification based on where we are at a given moment. Take for instance the person who wants to lose 20lbs. They are surfacely focused on losing the 20lbs and that's as...